Connections
Welcome to Connections - issue 1 - 5 May 2020
Viewpoint
For College updates please visit our website: http://www.guernseycollege.ac.gg/wp/
COVID-19 Update
At the moment we do not have any additional information regarding what is happening with any plans to return to College after 1 June, updates will be included in this newsletter.
Student Voice
Qualifications Update
We have published some information to provide students, parents and carers with clarity about the certification and assessment position relating to the range of qualifications offered at the College. Students should check the position of their qualification carefully. Please visit the website for details http://www.guernseycollege.ac.gg/wp/qualifications-update/ We will be updating this information regularly as we receive more details from the various awarding bodies, so please do check again if you can't find all the information you need straight away.
Contacting You
The College’s preferred method of contact with parents and carers is via email. Please add the email address of your child/ward's course Customer Liaison Office to your list of ‘safe senders’ or to your contacts list/address book to ensure communications from them arrive directly into your inbox, rather than going into ‘junk’ or ‘spam’.
As you will be contacted directly by the relevant CLO regarding events specific to your child/ward’s course/programme area, it is important that they have an up-to-date email address for you. Their details are listed below.
Customer Liaison Officer Contact Details
Hospitality & Catering/Hair & Beauty/Sport & Public Services/Creative & Digital Arts/Performing Arts
Gillian McCartney gillianm@gcfe.net
Business/Office Administration/IT & Computing
Fiona Girard fionag@gcfe.net
Construction & Engineering
Fiona Fish fionaf@gcfe.net
Health & Social Care/Childcare
Julie Jones juliej@gcfe.net
Access/English & Maths
Lindsey Hutchins lindseyh@gcfe.net
Pro Portal
ProPortal allows parents/carers access to further information on a student’s progress on their course, including attendance, punctuality, time table, targets and progression. Instructions on how to set up an account to view a student’s profile are below:
Parental permissions are required, therefore, please make your first action the completion of the permissions (Consent for offsite activities and Use of Student Image) - see below for instructions.
1. Go to your internet browser and search for Guernsey College of Further Education, or use this link: www.guernseycollege.ac.gg
2. Across the Top Menu, click on College Links and scroll to ProPortal on the drop down list
3. To access ProPortal for the first time you will need to submit an Account Request by entering your personal details: Name/Surname/Email. This is the email address the account will be set up under
4. You will also need the student’s reference number which can be obtained from their ID card, their date of birth and the title of the course they are studying
5. Once your account has been authorised, you will receive an email containing a username and password
6. Once you have logged on, the Student Home page should appear. In the top right hand corner. There are two tabs - Information and Learner ILP. The Information tab contains the student’s Timetable and Attendance and the Learner ILP is information the student has completed themselves regarding their goals and targets
7. In order to access the permissions please go to Learner ILP and select Further Details. There are two checkboxes to tick if you are choosing to give approval to the permissions listed
8. If you have any queries, or need assistance with using ProPortal, please email: ProPortal@gcfe.net
This Year's Term Dates
Friday 8th May - May Day Holiday
Monday 25th to Tuesday 26th May - Half Term
Wednesday 27th May - Staff INSET Day
Friday 26th June - Term Ends
College Dates & Upcoming College Events
All events have been postponed due to the current pandemic situation. We will keep you updated as and when this changes.
Liberation Celebrations
A schedule of creative and commemorative events, which will all be shown here online, has been created for Liberation 75 Together.
Daily creative activities including cookery a dance tutorial, art projects and historical documentaries will be promoted from 2nd May leading up to 9th May; details of these can be found here with full details being published daily.
The main events for May 9th below follow the traditional commemorative events in the morning, with a celebratory theme in the afternoon. All events will be shown here, at the times in the programme below, and on the Liberation Day Facebook page.
Programme Leaders Contact Information
Lucy Mallett - Office Administration and IT & Computing: lucym@gcfe.net
Mark Rayment - Hair & Beauty and Hospitality & Catering: mrayment@gcfe.net
Jonathan Snow - Creative & Digital Arts and Performing Arts: jonathans@gcfe.net
Paula Grady - Early Years: paulag@gcfe.net
Kayleigh Baddeley - Health & Social Care: kayleighb@gcfe.net
Sue Lambeth - Health & Social Care: slambeth@gcfe.net
Timothy Le Tissier - Construction: timothyl@gcfe.net
Mark Pratt - Engineering: markp@gcfe.net
Philip Emberton - English & Maths and Access: phile@gcfe.net
Tom Aitken - Sport & Public Services: toma@gcfe.net
Useful Links
https://www.facebook.com/GuernseyCollege/
TWITTER
Guernsey College@GuernseyCollege
WEBSITE
http://www.guernseycollege.ac.gg/
COLLEGE PROSPECTUS